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District: Halifax

This is the information we hold about the Halifax Registration District.

Halifax Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until December 2002.

Counties

Halifax Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.

Halifax Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
West Riding of Yorkshire (to Mar1974) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974
West Yorkshire (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Halifax Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Halifax Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 22
Year 1852 to 1945 9a
Year 1946 to 1965 2b
Year 1966 to 1973 2b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 4

These date ranges reflect major reorganisations of the G.R.O.'s volume numbering system. Halifax Registration District may have come into existence at any date within the first date range specified, and abolished at any date within the last date range. See the top of the page for the exact dates when the District was active. After 1993, volumes were replaced by District Numbers (see Other Information below).

Personal names

Here are links to pages listing all the distinct forenames and surnames found in Halifax Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Halifax Registration District:

Statistics for Halifax Registration District
Total Births 4403
Total Deaths 35996
Total Marriages 17189

Pages

The Halifax Page Map shows the expected volume number, and the ranges of page numbers encountered in the data, for each event type (birth, marriage and death) and quarter.

Other information

GRO District Number (post 1993) 084

Further information on Halifax

There is more information about Halifax on the UKBMD website. Please note that during the period this Registration District name was used there could be changes in which places were included within the district. The UKBMD page includes information on these changes.